A PDF can run JavaScript, which means it can hosts a VM for Linux or Doom
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/12
A few years back, this question popped up: [Wayback/Archive] Embedding JS into PDF : cybersecurity
The answer is yes, and you can take this far. Virtualisation far. Which is what these repositories – both by [Wayback/Archive] ading2210 · GitHub – did:
- [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – ading2210/doompdf: A port of Doom (1993) that runs inside a PDF file
- [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – ading2210/linuxpdf: Linux running inside a PDF file via a RISC-V emulator
Via [Wayback/Archive] Angry Nerds Podcast – YouTube -> [Wayback/Archive] Angrynerds 235 – Automasturbator – YouTube -> 1540 seconds at [Wayback/Archive] Angrynerds 235 – Automasturbator – YouTube – t=5040s
1:24:00 Hadden we Doom in PDF-vorm al eens genoemd? https://github.com/ading2210/doompdf Er is een vervolg, nu gewoon linux draaien in een PDF https://github.com/ading2210/linuxpdf Dus in feite gewoon een PDF-VMetje
Related:
- [Wayback/Archive] JavaScripts in PDFs as a security risk
- [Wayback/Archive] Doom in a PDF file : itrunsdoom
- [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – ozkl/doomgeneric: Easily portable doom
- [Wayback/Archive] Doom (1993) in a PDF file – YouTube
- [Wayback/Archive] I got Linux running in a PDF file via a RISC-V emulator compiled to JS : linux
- [Wayback/Archive] TinyEMU
--jeroen
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